Geography in Hindi

In the reconstruction of a region or a nation, transport systems invariably play a vital role. The growth and development of transportation provides a medium, contributing to the progress of agriculture, industry, commerce, administration, defence, education, health or any other community activity. Many of the regional characteristics that are influencing the layout of the existing transformational system are the creation of their antecedent transformational features. The present-day transport network has evolved out of the past framework because as trail evolves successfully into the pioneer dirt road, then into the improved farm road and finally, into the present day paved highways with heavy motor traffic. Many factors are involved in the development of a transport system. The present-day transport system of a country or a region cannot be explained by one factor alone. In fact, services of interrelated factors are responsible for the development of transport system as depicted

Union Government has released a new  four-colour classification  scheme for industries based on their pollution potential. The four-colour classification scheme of industrial sectors based on the  Pollution Index  (PI) . Pollution Index  is a function of the (i) Emissions (air pollutants) (ii) Effluents (water pollutants) (iii) hazardous wastes generated and (iv) Consumption of resources. Under the new categorisation system, industries which pollute the most have been put in the  red category  while the moderately polluting units are classified in  orange category . Industries that have a significantly low  polluton  load have been placed in the  green category  while those that operate without causing any pollution have been categorised in  white category . Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) compares various alternatives for a project and seeks to identify the one which represents the best combination of economic and environmental costs and benefits. Eight steps of EIA

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Healthy oceans are critical to sustaining life on Earth, by regulating the climate and providing a wide range of services, including natural resources, nutritious food and jobs that benefit billions of people, United Nations  Secretary-General  Ban Ki-moon declared today, as the UN kicked off its celebrations to mark World Oceans Day. “Healthy oceans are essential for a healthy planet and a healthy future for us all,” the Secretary-General affirmed in his  message  for the  Day , which is observed annually on 8 June. This year’s theme,  Healthy oceans, healthy planet , spotlights the threat of plastic pollution, which degrades very slowly, polluting waterways and impacting the health of aquatic animals, which mistake the microbeads for food, as well as the health of humans. In his message, the Secretary-General underscored that in order to protect the health of oceans, it is crucial to know their current state, and also understand the impact that human activities an

Image copyright AFP Image caption Untouchability among Muslims is rarely discussed Untouchability is worse than slavery, said Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, one of India's greatest statesmen and the undisputed leader of the country's Dalits. Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) are some of the republic's most wretched citizens because of an unforgiving Hindu caste hierarchy that condemns them to the bottom of the heap. Although untouchability among Hindus is widely documented and debated, its existence among India's Muslims is rarely discussed. One reason possibly is that Islam does not recognise caste, and promotes equality and egalitarianism. Most of India's 140 million Muslims are descended from local converts. Many of them converted to Islam to escape Hindu upper-caste oppression. 'Lived reality' Their descendants form the overwhelming majority - 75% - of the present Indian Muslim population, and they are called the  Dalit Muslims , according

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